Mets fans check in!!!

[Reverend_Smitty]

I have a good feeling about this team for the first time since 2000. I think Pedro is going to have a rebirth with the Mets and win the NL Cy Young

[Yupster]

1. Saw my first game in 1964

Check out this website for true Mets fans

www.ultimatemets.com

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I love that site...

tons of useless info, it's right up my alley!

[meow2u3]

3. We look like a far better team than in the past few years

when Nelson Doubleday sold his share of the team, Wilpon didn't have a clue as to what he was doing--until late last year! Then he wised up and hired Omar Minaya as GM! Minaya's the guy who got all those good players and dumped the has-beens and never-wases.

[WestHoustonDem]

12. Doubleday was a customer of my dad's - we had great box seats

and I saw Strawberry's debut at Shea. Been in Houston 24 years, but I'll never stop being a Mets fan. Saw my first game in 1967. I have the Daily News portraits of the 69 Mets and was married to a Red Sox fan and living in Houston in 1986.

Crap - this puts me in the 700 Club.

[SeanQuinn]

4. Signing in.

Let's go Mets. :)

[bunkerbuster1]

5. Sucks 'bout Traschsel, though.

That's gonna hurt us.

[ProgressiveConn]

6. Steve is always solid

He might not go 20-5 w/ a 2.00 but he was not going to go out and blow start after start like most 5th starters.

Might end up being a good thing though. Would be awesome if Ginter was able to start this season where he left off last year. IIRC he was hot as hell in september.

[bunkerbuster1]

7. You want a league-average guy you can count on as your 4 or 5 guy

And that was Trachsel. He gave us a lot of innings, and let's face it, a 4.00 ERA in 2004 ain't shabby.

He goes in for surgery tomorrow morning, BTW. Positive thoughts, pray 'em if you got 'em.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. Hopefully the Ishii deal will go through...

He's a solid pitcher and losing Phillips is not a big loss IMHO

[sellitman]

9. One HUGE problem with this team.....

Absolutely NO bullpen. They have possibly the worst in baseball. They were still deciding who to use 2 days before the season started.


HELP!!!!!!!

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. yeah case and point...

Monday's game...Pedro is not a happy camper!

[burythehatchet]

13. prescient comment

[WestHoustonDem]

11. Mets fan living in Houston, Texas here

My first game was in 1967. I saw Daryl Strawberry's debut at Shea.

I lived in Houston in 1986 and was married to a Red Sox fan at the time.

Just got to watch the game on MLB extra innings. I'm really not happy with the way things are starting out this season. But I remain loyal.